Demistifying Scriabin's Mystic Chord (Prometheus Chord Full Analysis)

Analysis of Scriabin's Mystic Chord
Scriabin's Mystic Chord, also known as the Prometheus Chord or the synthetic chord, is a complex harmony that Russian composer Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) used as a basis for his late harmonic language. The Mystic Chord consists of six notes and is built from a series of fourths and a tritone. In C, the chord would be spelled as follows: C, F#, Bb, E, A, D.
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[@patriciaeverett5001]

And thank you Lionel for demystifying this Mystic Chord for us. :-) Love your in-depth analyses - I hang on every word! :-)

[@imdarealani]

Excellent video!! Thanks so much for making this, and the cameo! :O

[@imdarealani]

One thing I realized is that a lot of your example chords you used actually sound similar to some chords I've heard in some of Scriabin's music!

[@ChristianBurrola]

The mystic chord is an extremely common sound in jazz. We usually call it a 13#11. The tritone variant we simply call an altered 7th chord because all the chord tones come from the altered scale.

[@m.a.g.3920]

Altered scale? What's that?😂 Never heard about that

[@jeremyfoo1107]

C maj 13 in C Lydian.

[@m.a.g.3920]

It's "shades" because it's a continuum, and most scales are not a continuum but the opposite, a tonal separation. There's only 2 whole tone scales as you know😊 but the intervals are continous so there's no tonal accents

[@jilyurmhmpily6243]

That's actually a C13(b9,#11)

[@axyspianostudio]

✨music theory✨

[@emiliewalls9669]

ah yes we love our theory

[@muhammadprananaratama2164]

What is the type of that piano??? 😮

[@patriciaeverett5001]

Ani Ani @ImDaRealAni, got her request. She is sooo knowledgeable, too!:-))

[@imdarealani]

:D Thanks Patricia!